Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Marshall, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
William Marshall registered to vote in Brazos County on June 25, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
William Marshall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Marshall
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsWilliam Marshall reported 13 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Marshall in Brazos County
- Edmund Marshallreached Texas about 1852
- Ferdinand Marshallreached Texas about 1852
- Jacob Marshallreached Texas about 1860
- Lewis Marshallreached Texas about 1854
- Robert Marshallreached Texas about 1852
Marshalls elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 7 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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